Hat and coat rack.



No. 827,280; PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

- W. a. YUTZY & B1B. HYE'T;

HAT AND COAT RACK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17. 1906.

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1 UNI ED S TES.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM (J. YUTZY AND BERTRAM E. HYET, OF CADILLAC, MICHIGAN.

" HAT AND COAT RACK. I

Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed February 17, 1906. Serial No. 301.643.-

Patented July 31, 1906. 1

T at whm'n/ it may concern- Be it known that we, WILLIAM C; YUTzY I and BERTRAM E. I-IYET, citizens of the cation.

Thisinvention relates to racks for holding hats, parcels, and the like; and-its object is to provide a rack the compartments of which are adapted to be closed by means of a curtain which may be utilized for advertising purposes.

Another object'is to provide a rack of peculiar construction whereby the curtain will be held in closed position, so as to prevent the removal of the contents of the compartment by unauthorized persons.

With the-above and other objects in view the invention consists of a rack containing one or more compartments, and in each compartment is hung a curtain Which is fastened at its lower end to a spring-controlled roller mounted on a frame which is slidably mounted between the sides of the compartment. A disk is rotatably mounted -within the path of the frame and is adapted to engage and hold said frame, a lock being provided for securing the disk against rotation while the same is in engagement with the frame.

The invention also consists of certain other novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings we havev shown the preferred form of our invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective of a ortion of a rack, one compartment thereof having its closure in lowered 0-. sition. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the s 'ding frame of the. closure and the roller thereon, a portion of the roller being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a section through the frame and a portion of the rackand showing the lock in elevation. Fig. 4 is a pers ective view of the lock detached and with t e disk removed therefrom.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 1 are the sides, and 2 and 3 are the top and bottom, respectively, of the front frame of one of the compartments of a rack 4. This rack may be of any suitable construction, and any desired number of compartments may be employed, and all of its compartments may be of different sizes. The.

side strips 1 of each com artment are provlded in their inner or a joining faces with longitudinally-extending grooves 5, and slidably mounted within the grooves of each compartment is a substantially rectangular frame 6, the lower rail of which has its central portion 7 outwardly inclined, so as to project beyond the front of the compartment and constitute a grip. Rotatably mounted on the upper rail of the frame 6 is a .roller 8, and

a spring 9 is coiled about this rail and within the roller. This s ring is securedat oppos1te ends to the rai and roller, respectively.

.The curtain 10 is permanently secured along one edge to the top 2 of the front frame of the compartment, while its opposite edge is fas-.

tened to the roller 8. When the frame 6 and the roller 8 are in position adjacent the top of their compartment, the curtain is wound about theroller, and the spring 9 is so disposed that when the frame is slid downwardly,

within the grooves 5 the curtain will unwind from the roller and cause the spring to tens1on.

A look 11 is secured within one of the sides 1 of the front frame of the com artment and has a locking-pin 12 normal therefrom and adapted to be retracted by means of a suitable key 13. This lockingpin is overlapped by a rotatable disk 14,

ly projected mounted on a stud 15','which' extends from a base-plate 16, fastened totheside strip 1 adjacent the lock 11. The'disk has an opening 17 therein adapted to register with the locking-pin, and a notch 18 is formedwithin the .periphery of the disk. This notch is so disposed as-to move into register With the groove in the side strip 1, and when in such position the opening 17 registers with the locking-pin 12. The movement of disk 14 is limited by means .of a stop-pin 19, which extends from the base-plate 16 into an elongated recess 20,.

normal positionof the frame 6 is close to the top strip 2 of the compartment, and when the frame is in this position the notch 18 in disk 14 is in such position that the frame upon being slid downwardly within the grooves '5 will enter the notch and cause the disk to rotate.

This rotation-of the disk will continue until the o ening 17 registers with.the locking-pin '12, w ereupon said pin will spring outwardly into the recess and lock the disk againstrotation. The frame 6 will therefore be secured in lowered position, and it is impossible to raise it and obtain access to the interior of the compartment except by first inserting the key 13, so as to retract the locking-pin from engagement with the disk. As the spring 9 is tensioned when the curtain and frame are lowered, it will of course be understood that said spring will promptly wind the curtain upon the roller as soon as the frame is released, and therefore the frame will be slid upward within the grooves 5 to its normal position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination with a structure having a compartment therein; of a frame slidably mounted between the sides of the compartment, a curtain, means carried by the frame for winding the curtain, a rotatable frame-engaging device mounted upon the structure and a lock for securing said device in engagement with the frame.

2. The combination with a structure containing a compartment; of a frame slidably mounted between the sides of the compartment, a spring-controlled roller carried by the frame, a curtain secured at opposite ends "to the structure and roller respectively, a

frame-engaging device movably mounted upon the structure and means for locking said device in engagement with the frame.

3. The combination of a structure con-' taining a compartment having grooved sides; of a frame slidably mounted within the grooves, a spring-controlled roller carried by the frame, a curtain secured to the structure and roller, a rotatable frame-engaging device mounted within the compartment, a curtain 5 connected at opposite ends to the structure and frame respectively, a notched disk rotatably mounted upon the structure, said notch adapted to receive a )ortion of the frame, and means for locking t 1e disk when in engagement with the frame.

5. The combination with a structure containing a compartment; of a frame slidably mounted within the compartment, a curtain connected at opposite ends to the structure and frame respectively, a notched and apertured disk rotatably mounted upon the structure, said notch adapted to receive a portion of the frame, and a locking-pin adapted to be automatically seated within the aperture in the disk to lock said disk in engagement with the frame.

6. The combination with a structure; of a frame slidably mounted within said structure, a curtain connected at its ends to the structure and frame respectively, a disk rotatably mounted in the structure and having a frame-receiving notch in the periphery thereof, and means for automatically locking the disk when in engagement with the frame.

7. The combination with a suitable structure, of a frame slidably mounted therein, a spring-controlled roller carried by the frame, a curtain secured at its ends to the structure and roller respectively, a disk rotatably mounted upon the structure and having a frame-receiving notch in its periphery, and means for automatically engaging the disk to lock the same in engagement with the frame.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. YUTZY. BERTRAM E. HYET.

Witnesses HENRY KNowLToN MERRICH STOCKING. 

